HOW WE
CAN HELP
The Red Acre Foundation provides support for animal welfare, wildlife protection, and human and animal bond efforts. This includes spaying/neutering, therapeutic riding, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, equine and canine rescue, humane education, and humane society projects.
Eligible Applicants:
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501(c)3 organizations
Eligible States:
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Maine
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Massachusetts
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New Hampshire
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Vermont
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Southwestern Colorado
Assistance Type:
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Special Projects
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Operating Funds
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Occasionally Capital Projects
Examples of Funded Projects:
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Center for Wildlife, Cape Neddick, ME
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Gerda's Equine Rescue, Townshend VT
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Merwin Memorial Free Clinic for Animals, Allston MA
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Buttonwood Zoological Society, New Bedford, MA
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Medicine Horse Therapeutic Riding Center, Cortez, CO
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Central New England Equine Rescue, West Brookfield MA
Award Amount:
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Grants range from $5,000 to $18,000
Program Funding Level:
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Total giving in 2022: $375,000 for 41 grants
Application Deadline:
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Varies
Red Acre Foundation Application Form:
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Required
Application Available Online?:
HISTORY
OF RAF
Over a hundred years ago, horsepower was provided by horses. They were instrumental in simple transportation and commerce, bearing humans and goods through the streets of cities and towns everywhere. Policemen responded to crimes on them, and firemen were borne to fires by them. Every aspect of daily life involved horses; they were the engines of our society before motorized engines were common.
Like our modern-day engines, horses were subject to neglect, overwork, abuse, and various breakdowns. They were worked beyond their usefulness, then often repeatedly doctored and sold by unscrupulous dealers until they were so weak and ill that they could not stand.
Harriet Gertrude Bird was born on September 12, 1873 at Red Acre Farm in Stow, Massachusetts. When her father died in 1902, she came into possession of the farm and quickly determined to transform it into a charitable home for horses. Her dream became a reality the next year, when she opened the farm on May 8 with one black horse and $8 in the treasury. She was 29 years old and the rest is history!
To read the full detailed history of Red Acre Farm and it's various transformations within the animal care field, click the button below.
HOW TO
DONATE
Donations help us provide financial assistance to rescues, shelters and other animal-oriented organizations across New England and Southwestern Colorado. All donations are tax deductible and keep the organization thriving.
We follow a diligent evaluation process to determine the organizations and agencies that are both in the most need and are progressing various areas of animal rescue and rehabilitation.
To donate, please send checks payable to:
Red Acre Foundation
PO Box 278
Stow, MA 01775
CONTACT
CONTACT US
OUR CONTACT INFO
Email: grants@redacrefoundation.org
Contact:
Helen Bird, Executive Director
Red Acre Foundation
PO Box 278
Stow, MA 01775